Nature's Gift

As night deepened, a thin mist, like gauze, drifted through the starry sky, sometimes spreading out as a curtain extending into the distance, and sometimes coalescing into fantastical images that sparked the imagination, like strange creatures peeking out from the universe.

The fog at dawn always carries a chilling and eerie quality, as if Dark Existence in the universe. At this time, lightning becomes like a messenger of light that tears through the darkness, its tearing sound exploding at the ends of the sky, ending with a rumbling sound, as if the earth is shattering.

A point of white light appeared on the horizon, and a sharp sword with a buzzing sound shot down.

A massive bolt of lightning struck from the horizon, its intense light illuminating the entire night sky and dispelling all darkness. Immediately following the strike, a torrential downpour began.

The loud sound of lightning startled Thor awake from his hospital bed. He struggled in the darkness for a moment, reached out One Hand to touch the wound on his shoulder, sat up, walked to the window, and watched the heavy rain pounding against the glass.

For someone who has fallen asleep while thinking and has yet to find the answer, the sound of rain is the best medicine. The mixture of tranquility and noise allows Thor's thoughts to calm down with the ever-changing frequencies of the rain, and he finally has enough time to think.

But the silence didn't last long. A rapid ringtone sounded, and Thor turned to look at the cell phone that S.H.I.E.L.D.. had given him. The screen's light stood out starkly in the dark room. He walked over and saw that the caller ID showed the name of S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Hill.

Thor picked up the phone, and then he heard Hill ask in confusion on the other end, "Is New Mexico your designated landing site in Asgard? What did you drop down this time?"

"New Mexico?" Thor was also puzzled. "Throw something down? What was it?"

"Oh, wait...it's standing up...damn, what's that? How did it..."

"Hey? Hill? What's wrong? What is it?!"

Just as Thor was still on the phone asking questions, a portal appeared in the center of the room. Strange walked out of the portal and said, "You Asgard have thrown a super weapon at Earth. You'll have to figure out how to deal with it. Come with me."

Before Thor could ask for details, Strange pulled him into the portal.

When they teleported to New Mexico, Thor clutched his stomach and said, "Your teleportation in Kamar-Taj is so... ugh..."

He then straightened up and looked up at the massive robot behind a hill to the south of the landing site. At that moment, the sound of a car engine came on, and Hill and Steve got out of the car. Hill also looked up at the behemoth.

It was a colossal mechanical monster, five or six hundred meters tall, that looked somewhat like a Viking warrior. It was entirely black, surrounded by divine power, with a metallic sheen, and its eyes glowed red. Moreover, it moved with such agility that it was completely unlike any mechanical creation.

A flash of light appeared beside Thor, and the Warriors Three and Sif arrived. Seeing Strange pulling Thor along, they said angrily, "Thor! What are you doing here? Get out of here! Loki might be after you, you'd better..."

"Wait, Loki is controlling the Destroyer!" Hogun shouted. "He's inside the Destroyer..."

"How dare he be so presumptuous!" Volstagg exclaimed angrily. "That is the chariot of the All-Father!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a beam of red light carrying an aura of destruction Burst Fire. The Warriors Three nimbly dodged it, Strange pulled Thor into an emergency teleportation. When they landed, Thor was dizzy and disoriented. After a while, he finally came to his senses and saw that Loki was indeed in the Destroyer's cockpit.

"Loki?? What are you doing?! Stop it!!" Thor shouted at Destruction, but the giant robot completely ignored him and continued to attack the group with the Heat Vision from its eyes.

This powerful Asgard Palace weapon truly lives up to its reputation. The destructive rays it releases from its eyes are incredibly powerful, leaving a deep, scorched trench in the ground every time Burst Fire across it.

As it approached with heavy steps, its enormous form was extremely oppressive, each step causing an earthquake-like tremor. Sif and the Warriors Three each drew their weapons, their hands glowing with divine power, assuming a fighting stance.

As for Thor, he is now useless, just an ordinary person who can do nothing but hide.

The Destroyer's footsteps kicked up countless clouds of dust, and its Heat Vision sliced through the earth. Under Loki's control, the Destroyer was not only incredibly powerful but also extremely precise. The Warriors Three wanted to retaliate, but Fandral raised his sword first and said, "Attack its right leg!"

The greatsword, imbued with divine power, was swung out, and a crescent-shaped sword light struck the Destroyer's right leg directly, but it instantly melted into the protective shield of the leg armor, leaving no trace.

"Ah!!!" Sword master Fandral screamed in agony. The Destroyer took advantage of the moment when he finished his attack and fired a destructive ray at him. Fandral was hit in the right arm by the Heat Vision, and his entire arm melted instantly. Thor stared in disbelief.

Sif coughed twice from the Havok, and pulled Thor's arm back, saying, "This won't do. We can't defeat him on our own, Thor. Go get your weapon..."

On the other side, Hill looked at his watch and said, "Why haven't those people arrived yet?"

Strange opened a portal and said, "I'll go see what's going on over there."

The portal disappeared, Strange arrived at the conference room in Stark Tower. He left the room, took the elevator upstairs, and arrived at the Stark Tower laboratory, where he heard Schiller and Stark arguing.

"High power, high power, all you can think about is high power. Can't you go and unscrew your light bulb?"

It seemed they had been arguing for a long time. Schiller leaned against the lab bench and said, "Okay, if this method doesn't convince you, then I'll try another one—"

"Are you really skilled enough to make the kind of frozen nuclear bomb I need?"

Peter, standing next to Stark, Peter flinched to the side. Just as Stark was about to raise his fist, Strange walked in and said, "A massive mech from Asgard has landed in New Mexico. They call it 'Destroyer,' and the few Asgard on Earth right now can't handle it..."

Stark, Peter, and Connors was in the distance, all looked up at Schiller. Schiller said, "Why are you looking at me?"

"Whenever something that shouldn't happen happens on Earth, we know who did it..." Stark turned and walked to the lab bench, looking at the data as he said, "That freeze nuclear bomb you had me make, it wouldn't be for dealing with this thing, would it?"

Before Schiller could answer, Stark continued, "But that's still not a good idea. If your goal from the beginning was to defeat it, why didn't you tell me beforehand? I could have developed an anti- Destroyer Armor..."

"You might think Asgard is more like a magical civilization, but in reality, their technology is also very advanced, even far surpassing that of humans." Schiller glanced at Strange, Strange continued, "Indeed, Asgard architecture and clothing look like Vikings, but in reality, they have very advanced technology. Most things in the Asgard Palace are automated, except that their energy source is divine power."

"Especially the Bifrost," Strange emphasized. "Although I haven't experienced it up close, that thing could very well be the Star-slaying Weapon that often appears in science fiction novels."

"Star-slaying Weapon? Where do they get their energy?"

"Divine power is a very peculiar power," Strange said, frowning. "I don't know where this power comes from, but I've heard that it may be related to the World Tree."

"Alright, let's get back to the point." Schiller interrupted their conversation, saying, "I need the freeze nuclear bomb, specifically to deal with that Destroyer."

"Although this thing has probably not been used for a long time, there is no doubt that it once represented the most advanced technology in Asgard."

Schiller had great faith in the Destroyer's power because in one version of the comics, Odin once piloted the Destroyer to confront the Celestials, and not just one Celestials, but a Celestials.

Although it wasn't explicitly stated that the Destroyer defeated the Celestials, the fact that Odin would pilot it to face such a powerful enemy demonstrates that Odin had great confidence in the weapon's strength.

He turned to Stark and said, "I believe you might be able to develop a superweapon to defeat that Destroyer, but if his body contains Asgard's advanced technology, what if there's any damage..."

"Stop talking." Stark interrupted him abruptly, turning to Connors and saying, "Let's see how to make a cryogenic nuclear bomb. We need to pay close attention to the preservation effect; ideally, we should freeze it completely without damaging a single component..."

Connors walked over and asked Schiller, "You gave me a high-powered cryogenic generator before, saying it could freeze a large area instantly, and asked if I could turn that function into a powerful single-target attack. You were already eyeing it back then, weren't you?"

Stark looked at Schiller and asked, "There's another problem. If we freeze it and move it, won't the Asgard object?"

"Don't talk nonsense. This thing fell from the sky. What does it have to do with Asgard? It's Nature's Gift."

"That makes sense."